What are 3 examples of viruses that cause illness or disease?
There are a lot of viruses that cause people to become sick. Some of them are very famous. Viruses are often very difficult to fight because they cannot be killed by antibiotics. Here are some of the viruses that can cause illness or disease: • Human Immunodeficiency Virus — this is HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. • Flu viruses. There are lots of different strains of flu virus, which is why new vaccines have to be made every year. • Cold virus. The common cold is caused by a virus.